Chapter 211

Meanwhile, At the Stockton-Fleming residence, Delia Fleming hadn’t really touched her phone for nearly 24 hours — which, in today’s world, was basically a crisis. Just the thought of it made her want to cry. She was flopped on the bed trying to mess with a jigsaw puzzle, but honestly? It was driving her nuts. This kind of simple kids’ game, yet she still couldn’t figure it out. Like, seriously? Why was she even doing this? Because Curtis said it’d help with the baby’s brain development. Something about it being good for prenatal education or whatever. And the worst part? She actually bought it. What she didn’t know was that this was Curtis’s sneaky plan to keep her off her phone. And Noah Hyde? He nearly lost it laughing when he went out to buy the puzzle. All that talk about how clever Delia was — turns out, not so much. She even believed that load of crap. After a walk with Curtis post-dinner, Delia had gone right back into the bedroom to keep battling this nightmare of a puzzle. An